Incredible Husk & WCM: Unlocking sustainable composite materials applications to support lifecycle decarbonisation of the automotive industry.

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• 批准号: 10078671
• 金额: $ 40.81万
• 依托单位: INCREDIBLE HUSK INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10078671
• 关键词: Incredible; Husk; WCM; Unlocking; sustainable

**Plastics** represent ~20% of a vehicle's weight (100-150kg/car) and the automotive sector is responsible for ~7% of global annual plastics consumption \[ODI,2020\]. Plastic has been an important material in light-weighting vehicles, driving fuel economy and reducing cars' CO2 emissions. The **environmental concerns** (carbon intensive transformation process, wasteful end-of-life etc.) around plastics have paved the way for the search for substitutes. The current state-of-art offer is however insufficient to effectively contribute to the sector's decarbonisation as the materials available still leverage heavy transformation processes, toxic chemicals, and/or non-recyclable ingredients.**Incredible Husk International Group (IHIG)** is an award-winning UK-SME specialised in sustainable materials development. IHIG has designed **three unique resource-efficient, low-emission, lightweight, and low-cost materials utilising multiple waste streams**, designed to enable manufacturers to make the transition from unsustainable materials to carbon-neutral or carbon-negative materials. In this project, IHIG seeks to demonstrate the materials' application within the automotive sector by collaborating with an industry-leading tier-1 automotive supplier with global outreach, **World Class Manufacturing (WCM)**.The consortium will trial manufacturing processes (e.g. compression, injection moulding and 3D-printing) of 2 interior parts (dashboard panel and a door-side pocket) to verify that they can meet Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs) standards and entirely **displace petrochemical-based plastics** and contribute to **decarbonising** the automotive sector.IHIG's materials and production process validation for the automotive sector will demonstrate **applications for further verticals** whilst WCM will **unlock a new offering** for alternative, sustainable (and regulatory compliant) materials to existing OEM products on the market, securing ongoing relationships.

**塑料**占车辆重量的约20％（100-150kg/car），并且汽车部门负责全球年度塑料消费量的7％。[ODI，2020 \]。塑料一直是轻度加权车辆的重要材料，驱动燃油经济性和减少汽车的二氧化碳排放量。塑料周围的**环境问题（碳密集型转换过程，浪费的寿命等）为寻找替代品铺平了道路。然而，当前的最新报价不足以有效地有助于该行业的脱碳化，因为可用的材料仍然利用重型转换过程，有毒化学物质和/或不可回收的成分。 IHIG设计了三种独特的资源效率，低发射，轻巧和低成本的材料，利用多个废物流**，旨在使制造商能够从不可持续的材料过渡到碳和碳阴性材料。 In this project, IHIG seeks to demonstrate the materials' application within the automotive sector by collaborating with an industry-leading tier-1 automotive supplier with global outreach, **World Class Manufacturing (WCM)**.The consortium will tr​​ial manufacturing processes (e.g. compression, injection moulding and 3D-printing) of 2 interior parts (dashboard panel and a door-side pocket) to verify that they can meet Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs) standards and entirely **displace petrochemical-based plastics** and contribute to **decarbonising** the automotive sector.IHIG's materials and production process validation for the automotive sector will demonstrate **applications for further verticals** whilst WCM will **unlock a new offering** for alternative, sustainable (and regulatory compliant) materials to existing OEM products on the市场，确保持续的关系。